John Houshmand

Who is John Houshmand?

John Houshmand is a furniture maker with an atelier in New York's Catskill Mountains. He has been described as a contemporary designer who uses "massive upended split logs" in the style of George Nakashima.

Houshmand's designs "often juxtapose massive chunks of wood with thick glass panes" and are made by his staff on a 950-acre farm that is "also home to the company sawmill and the 1,700 slabs he keeps on hand for inspiration." He has a showroom in Manhattan and travels to meet clients for custom orders on tables that can cost about $12,000. He "has been a photographer, a musician, and a partner in high-end residential construction" and now makes "one-of-a-kind sculptural furniture out of planks, slabs, and even trunks of reclaimed American hardwood like black walnut and elm."

He bought the remote ranch property for $300,000 in 1991.